Work one-on-one with an executive at mutually agreed upon times around your schedule. To start, you'll have a 15-minute strategy call with your executive to get the lay of the land for the month. Then, you’ll have email access to your executive throughout, plus four one-hour story notes sessions. Work on a single screenplay or multiple scripts plus get additional notes on your pitch, brand strategy, and career advice - work your mentorship to its fullest potential!
focus on the following:
Catchy logline
Catchy hook
Know your comp shows!
Characters
The World
The Tone
The Engine
And lastly... be yourself, and enjoy the process!
I have no specifics!
I'm open to everything.
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Sholla Caramba-Coker is an award-winning drama executive, commissioning editor and producer with a decade of experience across leading UK and international broadcasters and production companies.
Most recently, Sholla served as Associate Commissioning Editor at Sky Studios, where she was one of two commissioners on THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (Sky/Peacock), Sky's biggest drama launch in a decade and Golden Globe-nominated. In this role she led the creative relationship with Carnival Films and US partners at Peacock throughout development and production, while also commissioning and managing a wider slate of drama projects aligned with Sky's strategic priorities.
Prior to Sky, Sholla was Development Producer at Left Bank Pictures, home of THE CROWN, where she partnered with the Head of Development to manage and grow the company's high-profile drama slate. Earlier in her career she served as Assistant Producer on I MAY DESTROY YOU (HBO/BBC), working closely with showrunner Michaela Coel on the BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series, one of the most critically acclaimed dramas of the decade. She has also held development and production roles at Two Halves Pictures, BBC HOLBY CITY, Fifty Fathoms Productions and South of the River Pictures, and has served as a Freelance Script Consultant and Reader at the BBC Writers' Room.
Named one of the Edinburgh International Television Festival's Ones to Watch, Sholla is also an active mentor with Screenwriting Goldmine, supporting emerging writers from underrepresented backgrounds.
She holds an MA in Text and Performance Studies (Merit) from RADA and King's College London, and a BA in English Literature and Theatre Studies (2:1) from the University of Warwick.
Private Month Mentorship
Each month mentorship kicks off with a preliminary 15-min. call to set expectations and lay out strategy for the month. Writer will have email access to the executive plus 4x one-hour consultations with the exec. Exec will read up to 4 scripts in one month (different drafts of the same script or 4 different scripts) and conduct 4x one-hour story notes calls. Calls can also include feedback on your pitch, branding, or career strategy.
If you pay with the deposit/payment plan, your second half will be due the 2nd week of the Mentorship. If you need a different type of payment plan, email dorian@roadmapwriters.com.
**Please note feature screenplays are limited to 120 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a Month Mentorship on screenplays exceeding 120 pages.
What To Expect
After registering, you will receive an automatic Order Confirmation email. Then Roadmap's Director of Consultations, Terra Joy, will get your mentor looped in with you! If you do not hear from Terra or the exec within 3 days of registering, feel free to email terra@roadmapwriters.com for an update.
Before starting your Month Mentorship, please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.
Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration for a refund or Roadmap gift card if you have not yet submitted your material for review. However, once your material has been received, your registration cannot be canceled. Having revised material or a desire to retroactively apply a discount or gift card code are not grounds for cancellation, refunds, or gift card credit. Once your material has been submitted, the only acceptable grounds for cancellation and a refund or gift card credit is an unforeseen, ongoing emergency on the part of either the writer or the exec resulting in more than 6 weeks without any scheduling update from the exec via direct contact or Roadmap, or a sudden change in the exec's ongoing availability. In the instance of an irreconcilable scheduling issue, the writer may still receive a written feedback report from the exec. In this case, the writer is not entitled to a refund or gift card credit as the exec has read the submitted material and provided written feedback in lieu of the call.